Re: linux firefox slow with poor threading

sg wrote:
> I have been using Firefox and Mozilla along with Opera for quite some time
> on Suse 9.1 linux.
> All the Mozilla derived browsers have the same problem they are terribly
> slow and the multithreading is poor.
> When a tab is loading nothing happens until that tab has completed
> loading. Also I keep seeing files of around 470 kb loading called
> "downloading control".  I haven't a clue what these files are. Opera loads
> much faster and has little problem with the multithreading. I would love
> to use Firefox or Mozilla but both are frustratingly difficult to work
> with. I have the latest versions of all of the browsers. Incidently
> Konqueror from KDE also runs much faster than Firefox.
> 
> Any ideas?

Only an observation.  I build Moz at least twice weekly from CVS and see 
none of the problems you mention.  I suspect perhaps a problem(s) in the 
aviary branch?

Rinaldi
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